Judge Denies Reconsideration Of Fees Awarded To Nursing Home In ‘Frivolous’ Action

( February 7, 2024, 11:49 AM EST) -- OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi federal judge denied reconsideration of the award of attorney fees to a nursing home in a relator’s qui tam suit alleging violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) regarding the nursing home submitting for payment claims to government insurers while employing a nurse whose license was purportedly revoked, finding that “the relator’s action was groundless, frivolous, and had no chance of success.”...